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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

ISAAC T. PRICE, OF HOLTON, KANSAS.

SASH-FASTN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,579, dated November 5, 1889.

Application led December 4, 1888- Serial No. 292,622. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ISAAC T. PRICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holton, in the county of Jackson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding, Stopping, and Locking lVindowSashes and for preventing dust and drafts from passing between the jambs and stiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure l is a front elevation of a windowsash having my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one edge of said sash, showing the movable flange, which may be in either the right or left side of the sash. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the opposite edge, showing the iixed ila-nge. Fig. is aside elevation of a portion of the sash, part of which is broken away to show the movable iange, a burr, and one of the springs and screwshafts, and the sash-stile in which said parts move. Fig. 5 is a like view showing the construction as applied to a jamb without a groove. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of one side of thejamb, showing the groove. Fig. 7 is a front elevation'showing how the lock can be adapted to an ordinary iframe. Fig. S is a detail of the lock in the grooved jamb. Fig. 9 is a like view showing the lock adapted to an Y ordinary jainb. Fig. l0 is a vertical section of the sash and jamb, showing the locking mechanism applied to the top sash. Fig. l1 is a similar view showing locking mechanism of bottom sash.

.This invention belongs to that class of devices known generally as sash-holders5 and the novelty consists in the construction of the several parts and in their combination as a whole, whereby is obtained an effective holder to sustain the sash at any desired height, a lock to secure it open or closed, a means for excluding dust and draft-s between the edges of the stile and jainb, a guide tor the up-and-down movement of the sash, and effective anti-rattling device, and in the other details and particulars a cheap, easily-adapted, durable, and efficient structure, all as will be now more fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- A denotcsthe window-sash. Centrally in the one edge of the stile and of the same length 5 5 is fixed the iiange B. Preferably this partly setsinto a in the edge of the stile. It can be held in place in any desired way or manner. As now shown, this is done by means of the strips l) extending from opposite sides, and 6o screws b through them.

In the vertical central groove a in the op posite stile is placed the movable flange This is sustained in position by means of the burrs D, centrally in the outer ends of which 65 said flange is fixed pivotally at d., so that the burrs may have such swinging motion as may be found, necessary in the outward and inward movement of the bnrrs and iange. Each burr moves in a horizontal socket E,inade 7o centrally in the stile, and each has upon its shank e a spring F, seated to press atene end against the body of the burr and at the other against the end ot the socket, so that normally the action ot the springs on the burrs 75 at any point desired in the frame. The move- 8o ment of the burrs maybe regulated at will by means of the handles G. Each one oi' these is pivoted to the end of a screw-shaft h, adapted in a proper seat in the shank of the burr, so that the handle comes just on the in- 8 5 side edge of the stile.

By movement of the screw to or fro in the shank the length of the burr and the shaft may be fitted to ditferent width stiles, and

the length of the movement of the burrs l) 9o and flange C under the pressure of the springs can be easily regulated.

The handles are so made and pivoted in the end of the screw-shafts that their inner ends will have a cam action upon the plate ,7' 9 5 on the face of the stile, and when the outer end of the lower handle in a sash is raised will be snre to draw slightlyinward the lower burr and iiange Gand hold it in position so as to withdraw the notch c from engagement roc with the dog i, pivoted in the side of the jainb l oi' the window-traine, and will remove the friction of the lower burr and flange C on the one side and the sash on the other against the jambs, allowing the sash to be raised or lowered at will and with ease.

By means of the fianges B and C, which are adapted to fit into the vertical grooves K in the jambs, the sash is held in the windowframe and guided as it is moved up and down in the jambs, and at the same time the openings between the stile and jamb, usual in the ordinary construction of windows, sash, and jainbs, is now most effectually closed.

The sash can readily be put into or taken out of the frame or jambs by first drawing in the movable fiange by means of the screws hand the handles G, so that the edge will be flush withthe outer edge of the stile. Then, to put the sash in, slightlyT incline the sash, and the fixed fiange will easily fit into the vertical grooves K in the jamb. The sash is then pushed back flat, when, the screws being properly adjusted and the outer ends of the handles lowered, the movable iiange C will also fit into the j amb-groove, and the two flanges B and C will hold the sash in the j ambs without the window-stops used for that purpose in the ordinary construction of the window sash and j ambs.

To lock the sash so that it cannot be opened from the outside, there is provided the latch or dog z' and its casing I, which is placed in a seat in the jamb, so as to come near the lower end of the closed sash, and, being pivoted in itsl lighter end in the casing I, is adapted to automatically hang forward, so that the latch L will engage upon the notch c of the movable fiange and thus constitute a lock for the sash. The rearward movement of the latch or dog is controlled by the pin i?, which passes through the casing I.

Vhen the ordinary window-stop is used to guide the sash, it will constitute no essential modification of my invention to dispense with the fixed flange and so combine the burrs with the fiange that they, when the burrs and flange are drawn in, will come even with the face of .the burrs. This strnctu re is indicated in Figs. 10 and 11, and when this is used it will not be necessary to groove the inner face of the jamb for the anges.

In either method of combining the burrs and fiange both can be withdrawn entirely into the edge of the sash, so that the edge will be flush when it is desired to put the sash into or remove it from the jamb. The spring actuating the burrs will be made strong enough to` force the face of the burrs and the edge of the fiange C sufficiently strong against the face of the jamb to secure all desired results in the way of excluding dust and drafts, as well as stopping, holding, and preventing the rattling of the sash, and instead of the pivoted handles operating on the ends of the screw-shafts any well-known equivalent mechanical means can be used to operate and regulate the burrs and flange O. Likewise a fixed iiange may be provided for th'e' upper edge of the top sash, and the window-frame the opposite jamb and to stop and hold it at any height desired.

This invention will be found especially adapted to stop the sash and hold it at any desired point, to prevent dust from sifting into the house between the jamb and stile,

and to prevent all rattling of the sash in the jambs. The means used v for excluding the dust and preventing the rattling of the sash will also at the same time be the means used to hold the sash at any desired height and to lQck it open or closed.

.The structure and combination of parts as above described present' at once a durable, cheap, and most efficient means for accomplishing the results aimed at.

An effective invention of this description is an especial desideratum in the l/Vestern Statesvhere there is often so much dust in the atmosphere and where the winds are frequently very strong; nor is it alone useful as a preventative of the admission of dust. It is equally efficientin preventing the admission of fine snow and cold drafts, a point that must not be lost sight of in considering the objects and uses of this invention. y Y

Having now described my invention, what I wjish to claim is l. A window-sash having a fixed liange on one edge and a movable spring actuated fiange on the other, both of like length with the sash, combined with the grooved jambs and a locking-dog, substantially in the man ner set forth.

2. In combination with a window-sash, a flange seated in a groove in the edge of the stile and held in and moved by spring-actuated burrs, said burrs having screw-shafts projecting through the stiles and provided on the inner face of the stiles with handles whereby they can be moved in or out and also locked in position, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the window sash and jambs, the spring-actuated burrs having screw-shafts projecting through the stile and pivoted on the inner face of the stile to handles, the inner ends of which have a connec-A tion whereby said burrs can be moved in or out and the sash stopped and held at any point desired, substantially as set forth..

4. In a window-sash, the movable flange C, fixed at its edges in the burrs D, combined roo IIO

the shanksof the burrs, and locking-handles G, pivoted to the end of said screw-shafts,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In e window-sash, e dust-excluding flange having burrs on it, and means for pressing the bnl'rs against the jamb and the flange into or against the jamb or Withdrawing bnrrs and flange into the edge of the sash, whereby the sash can be held open or closed or at any height and prevent-ed from rattling, or the flange and bnrrs may be drawn into the sash so that its edge shall be Hush, substantially as shown and described.

6. In e. Window-sash fastening, the combination ofthe movable and notched ztnge in I3 ISAAC T. PRICE.

Witnesses:

ED. E. BIRKETT, II. S. CUTTER. 

